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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Melissa Chase

Year
1983
Where
Littleton, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

Ms. Chase disappeared at night while walking home from her job at a gas station on December 8, 1983. Her 22 year old boyfriend at the time told police he went out searching for her, after reporting he

From the Colorado Bureau of Investigation cold case file. Records change. The source is the authority.

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